Tulasi (Ocimum sanctum) Common Name: Sacred Basil Family: Lamiaceae Parts Used: Whole Plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Fevers - 2 tea spoon (tsp) leaf juice + 1tsp honey, 1 to 3 times a day. Cold & Catarrh - 1 tsp leaf juice + pinch of black pepper powder. Cough - 1 to 2 tsp leaf juice + 1 tsp vasa juice. Skin diseases - Equal proportion of leaf juice + lime juice extract can be applied. Earache - 1to 2 drops of lukewarm juice. Wounds - Leaf paste can be applied. Tooth ache - Leaf juice drops or paste. Cholesterolemia and for immunity - Daily 1 tsp leaf juice. Kumari (Aloe vera) Common Name: Ghrit Kumari, Indian Aloe Family: Asphodelaceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Leaf juice is applied for burns, scalds and skin ailments. Earache - 2 drops of lukewarm juice. Menstrual diseases - 4tsp of juice daily. Leaf paste is applied for inflammatory swellings and abscesses. Cosmetic - Leaf paste + turmeric face pack. Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) Common Name: Ashwagandha Family: Solanaceae Parts Used: Roots and Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Immunity - Root powder with milk is used as tonic. Galactagogue - Root powder with milk. Skin diseases - Leaf paste can be applied. Cough - Leaf juice 1 tsp with honey. Palpitation - Root powder 1 tsp with honey. Nelavemu (Andrographis paniculata) Common Name: Kalmegh, Bhunimbha Family: Acanthaceae Parts Used: Whole plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Fever - 1 to 2 tsp powder or 4tsp of decoction, twice a day. Jaundice - 1 to 2 tsp powder or 4tsp of decoction. Diabetes - 1to 2 tsp powder. Skin diseases - 1 tsp powder. Liver diseases - 1tsp powder. Sunamukhi (Cassia angustifolia) Common Name: Senna, Swarna pathri Family: Fabaceae Parts Used: Leaves and Pods Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Laxative Powder 1 to 2 tsp with lukewarm water or decoction. Indigestion - 1 to 2 tsp juice with ginger juice. Gas abdomen / Flatulence - 1 to 2 tsp powder with a pinch of dry ginger. Body pains - 1 to 2 tsp of powder and dry ginger powder. Hair care - 1 to 2 tsp of powder + Bringaraj powder. Saraswathi (Centella asiatica) Common Name: Brahmi, Mandukaparni Family: Apiaceae Parts Used: Whole Plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Memory Booster - 2 to 3 leaves or 1 tsp juice daily. Mental Disorders - 1 to 2 tsp powder with milk. Fevers - Juice external application in high fever. Skin Diseases - Leaf paste with turmeric powder. Immunity - Daily 4 to 5 leaves to be eaten. Vamu aaku (Coleus ambonicus) Common Name: Patra yavani, Patharchur Family: Lamiaceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Cold and Catarrh - 1 tsp juice with honey. Sore Throat - 1 to 2 leaves to be kept in mouth and chewed. Oral hygiene - Gargling with decoction of leaves. Head ache - Juice mixed with sesame oil can be applied. Digestive - 2 tsp leaf juice 2 or 3 times a day. Haritha Manjari (Acalypha indica) Common Name: Asthi samhara Family: Euphorbiaceae Parts Used: Whole Plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Skin Diseases and Scabies - Leaf paste + a pinch of salt + turmeric powder or leaf juice + Neem oil evenly mixed can be applied. Intestinal Worms - 1 to 2 tsp leaf juice. Earache - 1 or 2 drops lukewarm leaf juice. Stings and Bites - Leaf paste is applied. Headache - 1 or 2 drops leaf juice + Garlic juice into nostrils. Tooth ache - leaf paste + Common salt applied over the affected tooth. Ulcers - leaf paste over the wound. Guntagalagara (Eclipta alba) Common Name: Bringa raj Family: Asteraceae Parts Used: Whole plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Hair growth - Leaf juice + sesame oil boiled, strained and be applied to scalp. Jaundice - 1 to 2 tsp juice with honey, thrice a day. Skin diseases - Juice mixed with turmeric and turpentine can be applied. Wounds - Paste can be applied. Rasayan - 1 tsp powder with milk, daily. Mandaram (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Common Name: Japa pushpa, China Rose Family: Malvaceae Parts Used: Leaves and Flowers Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Hair care - Flower juice + sesame oil boiled to reduce half and can be applied. Menstrual Disorders - 1 to 2 tsp leaf powder twice a day. Cough - 1 tsp flower paste or powder with honey. Jaundice - 2 tsp flower paste daily for 5 days. Injuries and Swelling - Leaf paste can be applied. Addasaramu (Adhatoda vasica) Common Name: Vasaka, Adusa Family: Acanthaceae Parts Used: Leaves and Flowers Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Cough and Cold - Leaf decoction + Ginger juice with 1 pinch Black pepper powder, 4 tsp daily. Eye ailments - Flower juice as eye drops. Menstrual problems - Decoction of 1 to 2 tsp juice during periods. Skin Diseases - Leaf paste with 1 tsp turmeric powder can be applied externally. Bleeding - Juice or decoction internally. Pudina (Mentha piperita) Common Name: Peppermint, Poothiha Family: Lamiaceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Indigestion - As chutney. Sore throat - Gargling with decoction. Tympanitis/Flatulence - Leaf juice with lime juice. Cold & Cough - 4 tsp of decoction twice a day. Menstrual disorders – Decoction ½ glass during periods. Tippatheega (Tinospora cordifolia) Common Name: Guduchi, Amruthavalli Family: Menispermaceae Parts Used: Stem & Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal: Fevers - 4 tsp decoction made of stem pieces. Jaundice - 1 to 2 tsp juice of stem + sugarcane juice, per day. Leucorrhoea - Stem pieces decoction, 4 tsp twice a day for a week. Skin Diseases - Stem juice + sesame oil boiled to reduce half can be applied. Indigestion - 1 tsp stem juice + Ginger juice 2 to 3 times. Nalleru (Cissus quadrangularis) Common Name: Asthi samhara, Hudjod Family: Vitaceae Parts Used: Stem and Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Loose Motions - 1 to 2 tsp leaf juice with butter milk. Flatulence & abdomen pain - Tender stem as chutney in daily food. Indigestion - 1 tsp dried stem burnt into ash, mixed with dry ginger powder with water. Ear ache - Stem juice 1 to 2 drops. Wounds and Fractures - Stem paste for application stem juice 2 tsp internally. Uttareni (Achyranthes aspera) Common Name: Apamarga, Chirchita Family: Amaranthaceae Parts Used: Whole plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Root used as tooth card and whole plant powder as tooth powder in gums and teeth problems. Deafness - Root boiled in sesame oil as ear drops. Fevers - 1 to 2 tsp leaves + pepper + jaggery in equal proportion made into powder and can be eaten. Loose Motions - 2 tsp leaves decoction. Bleeding Piles - seed or total plant powder with sugar. Oedema - 4 tsp whole plant decoction daily. Ulcers - Leaf paste can be applied. Tooth Carries - Leaf paste applied over the carries tooth. Podapathri (Gymnema sylvestre) Common Name: Madhu nashini, Gudmar Family: Asclepiadaceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Diabetes - 1 tsp leaf juice or powder daily. Eye diseases - Juice mixed with water used as eve drops. Liver diseases - 1 tsp juice or powder. Urinary infection - 1 tsp leaf powder + 1 tsp jamun seed powder. Tagarisa (Cassia tora) Common Name: Chakramarda, Panwad Family: Fabaceae Parts Used: Leaves and Seeds Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Scorpion Bite, Stings - One or two drops of leaf juice or the paste can be applied over the bite. Joint Pains - Leaf paste with castor oil can be applied on the affected joints. Skin Diseases - Crushed seed oil can be applied. Psoriasis - Root paste can be applied. Nelamulaka (Solanum xanthocarpum) Common Name: Kantakari, kateri Family: Solanaceae Parts Used: Whole plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Cough - 1 to 2 tsp of fruit powder + honey daily. Cold and Sore throat - 1 to 2tsp whole plant powder or decoction daily. Head Ache - Extracted juice of fruit applied over fore head. Fever - Decoction of equal proportion Kantakari roots & stem of Guduchi, 4tsp daily. Dental Problems - Whole plant powder with common salt as tooth powder. Urinary Problems - 4 tsp of Kantakari decoction. 2 times a day. Brahmadandi (Argemone mexicana) Common Name: Svarnakshiri, Pichikusuma Family: Papaveraceae Parts Used: Whole plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Skin diseases - Whole plant + turmeric powder made into paste and can be applied. White patches - Leaf juice + Tulasi juice can be applied. Ulcers - Leaves + pinch of lime + turmeric powder is made as paste and can be applied. Eye diseases - leaf juice+ cow ghee as eye drops. Jaundice - 1 to 2 tsp whole plant Juice + Guduchi Juice, daily. Vavili (Vitex negundo) Common Name: Nirgundi Family: Lamiaceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Joint Pains - 1 tsp leaf juice + pinch of black pepper powder with ghee, twice a day, leaf paste can be applied locally on affected joints. Cold and catarrh - Leaf with turmeric boiled in water, vapours are inhaled. Fevers - 4 tsp of decoction or 2 tsp of leaf powder + ½ tsp. black pepper. Ear ache - Juice + oil drops. Post parturient mothers - Leaf boiled in water and used for bathing after delivery. Head ache, Skin diseases, Unconsciousness: juice as nasal drops. Kondapindi (Aerva lanata) Common Name: Gorakhbuti, Kapurijadi Family: Amaranthaceae Parts Used: Whole plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Burning micturition - 1 to 2 tsp whole plant powder, twice a day. Urinary stones - Whole plant powder or 4tsp decoction daily for 1 month. Prevention of stones - Whole plant as curry once or twice a week. Nela Usiri (Phyllanthus niruri) Common Name: Bhumyamalaki, Jar-Amla Family: Phyllanthaceae Parts Used: Whole Plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Jaundice - 1 to 2 tsp juice with cow milk. Diabetes - 1 to 2 tsp juice or powder daily. Fevers - 1 to 2 tsp juice + 2 tsp black pepper/seed powder Skin diseases - paste or juice with salt for external application Liver diseases - 1 to 2 tsp juice or powder. Boppayi (Carica papaya) Common Name: Papita, Eranda karkati Family: Caricaceae Parts Used: Leaves, Fruit and Latex Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Abscess and Inflammations - Leaf paste applied. Vermifuge - 1 tsp seed powder with castor oil used as vermifuge. Tooth ache - Latex applied. Loose Motions - 1 to 2 tsp fruit powder with butter milk. Digestion - Fruits As cosmetic, galactagogue. Danimma (Punica granatum) Common Name: Dadimum, Anar Family: Lythraceae Parts Used: Leaves, Fruit, Flowers and Bark Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Loose Motions - 2tsp unriped fruit paste with butter milk. Pregnancy Vomiting - 1 tsp Fruit pulp juice with honey or seeds with salt. Ulcers - Decoction of bark in washing ulcers/wounds. Hoarseness of Voice - 2 tsp shade dried flowers powder with honey. Piles/Jaundice/Cough - 2 to 3 tsp flower juice + sugar, is used. Gaddichemanthi (Tridax procumbens) Common Name: Khal muriya, Tal muriya Family: Asteraceae Parts Used: Whole Plant Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Cuts and wounds - Leaf juice or paste can be applied for stopping bleeding and prevention of infection. Skin diseases - Whole plant juice + turmeric powder can be applied. Kasivinda (Cassia occidentalis) Common Name: Kasamardha, Kasunda Family: Caesalpiniaceae Parts Used: Leaves and Seeds Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Abscess - Leaf paste can be applied Skin diseases - Seed powder mixed with sesame oil can be applied over the skin. Allergic rash - Leaf is made into paste and can be applied with lime juice. Cough - 1 to 2 tsp leaf juice or decoction. Asthma - Dried seed powdered and made decoction as coffee and can be taken twice a day. Polyurea - In case of excess urination, 1 to 2 tsp seed powder with honey is taken per day. Dandruff - Leaf juice mixed with milk is applied over the scalp followed by head bath next day. Paralysis - Leaf juice mixed with butter can be applied on paralysed limbs. Gorinta (Lawsonia inermis) Common Name: Henna, Mehendi, Madayahthika Family: Lythraceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Hair care - Leaves juice + sesame oil can be applied. Oral hygiene and gingivitis - Decoction for gargling and leaf powder as tooth powder. Jaundice - 1 tsp stem bark powder with butter milk. Joint pains - leaf boiled with oil, strained can be applied. Leucorrhoea - 2 tsp leaf juice or 4tsp decoction can be taken for a week in the morning. Skin Disease, Burning feet, Ulcers, Abscess - Juice or paste can be applied. Munaga (Moringa oleifera) Common Name: Sahijan, Shigru Family: Moringaceae Parts Used: Leaves, Fruit, Bark, Seed and Latex Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Indigestion - Leaf juice + 1 pinch of common salt. Earache - 1 to 2 drops of stem bark juice. Joint pains - Leaf paste can be applied. Wounds and Ulcers - Leaf paste can be applied. Intestinal Worms - 4tsp leaf decoction used as vermifuge. Karivepa (Murraya koenigii) Common Name: Surabhi Nimbha, Curry leaf Family: Rutaceae Parts Used: Leaves Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Indigestion - 1 to 2 tsp shade dried leaves + coriander seed powder, with food. Abdominal colic and Tympanitis - 1 to 2 tsp leaf paste with butter milk. Jaundice - 2 tsp leaf juice with honey. Hair care - Leaf juice + henna leaf juice + sesame oil boiled strained and applied to hair. Inflammatory conditions - Leaf paste applied externally. Oral hygiene, Diabetes - 1 to 2 tsp leaf decoction. Reddivari Nanabalu (Euphorbia hirta) Common Name: Dugdhika, Dudh ghas Family: Euphorbiaceae Preparation/Dosage for Medicinal Use: Skin Diseases - Leaf juice is applied Cough - 1 to 2 tsp shade dried powder or fresh leaf juice. Ulcers - Leaf paste with common salt and turmeric powder can be applied. Stings and Bites - Leaf juices can be applied. Dysmenorrhoea - In case of menstrual pain, 2 to 3 tsp leaf juice with pinch of pepper powder can be taken. Ulcers of Mouth - Repeated gargling with leaf decoction. Source : Telangana State Medical Plants Board